Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo is a 1970 American Western film directed and produced by the late Howard Hawks and starring the late John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, and Jennifer O'Neill from a screenplay by the late Burton Wohl and the late Leigh Brackett. The film was shot in Cuernavaca in the Mexican state of Morelos and in Tucson, Arizona. The musical score was composed by the late Jerry Goldsmith. It was the third Howard Hawks film varying the idea of a sheriff defending his office against belligerent outlaw elements in the town, after Rio Bravo (1959) and El Dorado (1966), both also starring John Wayne. Rio Lobo was the last film made by Hawks.

Union leader Cord McNally (John Wayne) is protecting a routine gold shipment when his troops are attacked by Confederate forces. Not only does he lose the gold, but one of his strongest officers is killed in the raid. At the end of the Civil War, McNally learns that the raiders had help from the inside, and he vows to uncover the two traitors. After a chance encounter with one of the turncoats, McNally travels to the town of Rio Lobo and makes an unexpected discovery.

Victims

• Lieutenant Ned Forsythe - Died of his wounds after being shot by Jed.
• Two Animals - Killed by Sheriff Pat Cronin off-screen, fur seen.
• Charlie Simms - Shot by Deputy Whitey Carter off-screen, mentioned.
• Deputy Whitey Carter - Shot by Sheriff Pat Cronin after being shot by Shasta Delaney.
• Deputy Sam Timoteo - Shot by Colonel Cord McNally.
• Jed - Shot by Colonel Cord McNally.
• Unnamed Corrupt Deputy - Shot by Captain Pierre "Frenchy" Cordona.
• Unnamed Sheriff - Killed by Sheriff "Blue Tom" Hendricks off-screen, mentioned.
• Tom - Hung by Captain Pierre "Frenchy" Cordona with a rope.
• Reg - Shot by Colonel Cord McNally.
• Two Unnamed Corrupt Deputies - Shot by Phillips.
• Unnamed Corrupt Deputy - Shot by Phillips.
• Horse - Shot by Sheriff "Blue Tom" Hendricks.
• Sergeant Major Ike Gorman/"Ketcham" - Shot by Sheriff "Blue Tom" Hendricks in a fit of rage.
• Unnamed Corrupt Deputy - Shot by Captain Pierre "Frenchy" Cordona.
• Unnamed Corrupt Deputy - Shot by Colonel Cord McNally.
• Unnamed Corrupt Deputy - Accidentally committed suicide by dropping T.N.T after being shot by Colonel Cord McNally.
• Red - Blown up when Colonel Cord McNally shot a corrupt deputy who was carrying T.N.T.
• Unnamed Corrupt Deputy - Shot by Doctor Ivor Jones.
• Unnamed Corrupt Deputy - Shot by Phillips.
• Sheriff "Blue Tom" Hendricks - Shot to death by Amelita.

Deaths

• Total - 23
  • 20 Humans
    • All Men
  • 3 Animals
    • 2 Unknown Animals
    • 1 Horse

Kill Counts

1. Colonel Cord McNally - 6 (Alive)
2. Phillips - 4 (Alive)
3. Sheriff Pat Cronin - 3 (Alive)
4. Sheriff "Blue Tom" Hendricks - 3 (Deceased)
5. Captain Pierre "Frenchy" Cordona - 2 (Alive)
6. Shasta Delaney - 1 (Alive)
7. Amelita - 1 (Alive)
8. Doctor Ivor Jones - 1 (Alive)
9. Deputy Whitey Carter - 1 (Deceased)
10. Jed - 1 (Deceased)